Sara Gillingham Aukner
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator

Over 30 years’ experience of commercial shipping and international transport operations worldwide. English lawyer resident in Oslo, Norway. 


Sara has over 275 arbitration appointments since arbitrating full-time in early 2018, and is a Full Member of the LMAA. Experience of acting as sole, on a panel and as Chair.

With an executive history in shipping, insurance and commercial property, Sara’s extensive operational knowledge spans chartering and ship-owning, shipbuilding, insurance, derivative trading, maritime logistics and commercial property.

Her career started at City of London law firm Ince & Co, she moved on to a law firm in Oslo and then to P&I/FDD Club Skuld in Oslo. She became the first lawyer in-house at, and ultimately General Counsel of, global dry bulk ship operator Western Bulk (offices in Oslo, Singapore, Santiago and USA). Sara has been a regular visitor to Singapore and the Far East for most of her career.

Sara’s extensive hands-on experience covers the full range of commercial activities from management services, supply chain logistics, trade finance, asset sale & purchase, joint ventures, corporate finance, cross-border insolvency issues, to corporate governance issues, service agreements, leasing, regulatory and compliance issues.

Other relevant industry experience is as a representative on Bimco Documentary Committee (6 years) and non-executive board experience in marine insurance and commercial property.

Sara has successfully resolved a wide variety of disputes worldwide, including in many Far East jurisdictions, and has extensive knowledge of mediation and arbitration. An accredited mediator with a proven track record of negotiating settlements, she understands the importance of preserving commercial relationships. In arbitration, she understands the need for efficiency of procedure and costs.

Further information and a recent CV available at https://gillingham-aukner.com.
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CONTACT

Contact: +47 916 59 667 (Norway) / +44 (0) 795 739 0770 (UK)


Email: sara@gillingham-aukner.com

Nationality: British 

Place of Residence: Oslo, Norway 

Language(s): English (Fluent), Norwegian (Fluent), Danish (Good Understanding), Swedish (Good Understanding), French (Good Understanding), and Spanish (Good Understand)

Pronouns: She/her 

MAIN PRACTICE AREAS
  • CHARTERPARTIES
  • COMMODITIES COAL
  • COMMODITIES GRAIN
  • BUNKERING
  • PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
    Solicitor, England & Wales

    Full Member, London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association (LMAA)

    Fellow, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb)

    Member, London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)

    Representative (Norway), BIMCO Documentary Committee (2012-2018)

    Non-Executive Director, The Strike & Marine Delay Club (2015-2018)

    Lecturer, Norwegian Shipping Academy (BI Norwegian Business School) (2002 and 2003)

     
    ADMISSIONS
  • ENGLAND AND WALES
  • EDUCATION
    B.Sc. Economics & International Relations (incl. Public International Law), London School of Economics